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EDITOR'S PREFACE. |
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Mrs. Bigelow has been for several years a regular contributor to the columns of several periodicals, and, thus far, has had no reason to reproach the public "with any lack of attention to her poetical productions. Nearly three hunÂdred have thus been published; and the flatterÂing reception they have enjoyed, seems to aflFord ground for the belief that this publication will not be unsuccessful.
The Editor has found no lack of materials, having been permitted to examine more than a thousand manuscripts. Those which have been selected, very fairly represent the character of the rest, except that there is, among the former, a much larger class of elegies, and a smaller
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